Soon, I will be residing my house. The house is a hardboard sided 1700 sq ft Colonial (2 story), typical of the East Coast. The hardboard is in pretty bad shape, and so is some of the trim. I suspect it's just as efficient to strip it all off and start over as it would be to replace the bad ones and overlay the new siding (if vynl). Besides, if they do this, they can Tyvek wrap the thing.
Any idea what this would cost me? I can't tackle this myself, so a contractor is needed. I'm looking at either seamless Vynl or cement hardboard (like Hardi). A ball park range is really what I need, as I know everything is a case by case issue. The house is just about as average as a house can get for estimation purposes.
(Oh yeah, I'm in Central VA where the cost of living is not too bad)
Any input or horror stories are welcome...